Analysis of Remaining a baby

Abel Senemede 1999 (Lagos)



I'm aging,
Nevertheless, I still crawled in your sights;  
Sucking on my fingers, and pacifiers, and Crying  
The time keeps on clocking,
tick tock but I'll be a vicenarian next tomorrow,
I'll be a grown-up man
But do I still look like a baby in thy sight?
Dear God,
I have killed a grown-up man in my heart
I'm a young offender
And yet you named me juvenile
Will I ever look like a baby:
Ever innocent in thy sight?
Thus I'm grateful for aging in Thy grace


Scheme ABAACDEFGHIJEK
Poetic Form
Metre 110 001111011 1011100100010 011110 1111101101 110111 111111010011 11 1110111011 101010 01111100 111011010 10100011 1110110011
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 469
Words 101
Sentences 3
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 14
Lines Amount 14
Letters per line (avg) 25
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 348
Words per stanza (avg) 88
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Written on April 15, 2023

Submitted by ©Abs on April 15, 2023

Modified on April 16, 2023

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